2008 Int'l Country Music Conference Announced

4/15/2008 Meaghan Mitchell Plans were announced today for this year’s 25th Annual International Country Music Conference. Chaired by James Akenson and Don Cusic, the annual conference is an event for country music scholars and enthusiasts that celebrates the diverse history of country music through educational and entertaining presentations and panels. “The International Country Music Conference is the premier academic event for those studying and writing about country music,” stated conference co-chair Don Cusic.  “It is appropriate that ICMC is held at Nashville’s Belmont University.  Chet Atkins, one of the ‘fathers’ of Music Row and the Nashville Sound, once said about country music, ‘they should study this in college.’  Well, now we do and the ICMC is the center of that universe.” The conference hosts presenters from academic institutions, the media, historians, public libraries and the Country Music Hall of Fame.  Each day, the conference will feature a special presentation. This year the conference is set for May 22 to 24, 2008 at Belmont University.  For more information, visit InternationalCountryMusic.org.